title: Chromatid cohesion: acetylation joins the sisters.
abstract: The replication-fork-associated protein Eco1 is required for the establishment of sister chromatid cohesion, which plays an essential role in faithful chromosome segregation. Three recent studies in yeast and humans reveal that the acetyltransferase activity of Eco1 targets the cohesin subunit Smc3 to facilitate the establishment of cohesion.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Chromosome Dynamics, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Yoshinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Watanabe
mesh_terms: D000107:Acetylation; D000123:Acetyltransferases / Q000378:metabolism*; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D011508:Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans / Q000378:metabolism; D002842:Chromatids / Q000378:metabolism*; D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone / Q000378:metabolism; D020090:Chromosome Segregation; D006801:Humans; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D011508:Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans; D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; C120372:SMC3 protein, S cerevisiae; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D000123:Acetyltransferases; C118076:ECO1 protein, S cerevisiae